About This File
Welcome to my Canadian International Rockies airport (CYXC)
Download the zip file, unzip it and then copy the whole folder into your custom scenery folder in your main x-plane folder.
Latest Version 1.7 : Updated it to work with XP 11.30+ including the latest vulkan 11.50b3, added hot air balloon
Requires the following libraries from the link at the end of the list:
BS2001 Object library
CDB Library
Handyobjects library
JB Library
MisterX library
NAPS library
Openscenery X
Rescue Lib
http://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?showtopic=90776
Includes:
- A custom created terminal using sketchup
- ATC taxiways for realistic traffic movement
- Viewpoint from the tower
- Weathering textures to make the airport look used
- Ramp starts for different types of aircraft
- Compatible with latest version of FMcar from jardesign
- Includes pdf of the approach plate for the airport
Cranbrook/Canadian Rockies International Airport (IATA: YXC, ICAO: CYXC) is an international airport located 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Cranbrook, British Columbia and 20 kilometres (12 mi) south-east of Kimberley in the Canadian Rockies.
It is owned by the City of Cranbrook and operated by Elevate Airports Inc. Runway 16/34 is an 8,000 by 150 ft (2,438 by 46 m) Asphalt runway with a category 1 instrument landing system capable of guiding aircraft down to 200 ft (61 m) in 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) of visibility. The terminal building covers 23,000 sq ft (2,100 m2). In 2008, YXC served over 106,277 passengers[citation needed] and in 2010 had 15,060 aircraft movements.[3] The airport is operated 24 hours a day by the Cranbrook Flight Service Station.
The airport is classified as an airport of entry by Nav Canada and is staffed by the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). CBSA officers at this airport can handle general aviation aircraft only, with no more than 15 passengers.[1] With prior notice, CBSA officers are able to handle commercial aircraft with up to 50 passengers, cost recovery is in effect for handling commercial aircraft.[citation needed]
Airlines and destinations Airlines Destinations Air Canada Express Calgary, Vancouver Integra Air Calgary Pacific Coastal Airlines Kelowna, Vancouver, Victoria
Thanks to flybyguy, pugwash and paul mort for some for some of the objects used in this scenery.
What's New in Version 1.7 See changelog
Released
- Version 1.7 - Updated the airport to work with 11.30+ including vulkan 11.50 b3 using the latest WED version, added hot air balloon
- Version 1.6 - Added some new objects from Paul Mort, Changed surrounding trees to default ones to make it terramax compatible
- Version 1.5 - Found a way to flatten the airport scenery in xp11 so put the fencing back in.
- Version 1.4 - Removed fencing as it looked strange with the sloping of the ground. Added more animated objects. Added flyby planes for more realism around the airport.
- Pulled the parked planes back so you could taxi without hitting any of the planes.
- Version 1.3 - Compatible with XP11. Removed two objects that were causing issues. Sorted out ramp starts to show correct size of airplanes.
- Version 1.2 - Hopefully sorted out the floating building issue, optimised the zip file size by removing unnecessary objects, removed the need for XS library and GA-NZ library.
- Version 1.0 - Initial Upload
